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(BPRW) Benedict College Receives ACE/Fidelity Investments Award for Institutional Transformation

(Black PR Wire) Columbia, SOUTH CAROLINA -- The American Council on Education (ACE) announced today that Benedict College in South Carolina is a recipient of the 2019 ACE/Fidelity Investments Award for Institutional Transformation. Presente...

(BPRW) FPL Volunteers Beautify Miami Union Academy in North Miami

(Black PR Wire) Beginning March 4, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) volunteers are participating in FPL’s Power to Care Week. Throughout the week, volunteers are rolling up their sleeves and getting their hands dirty to help ma...

(BPRW) Scholarships for March at UNCF

UNCF is offering great scholarship opportunities this month! Check out these UNCF scholarships and internships currently open for applications, and complete your application before the deadlines. Look at some of the opportunities UNCF offer...

(BPRW) Footsteps of Jesus - Holy Land Israel Tour with Mary Mary

(Black PR Wire) As you look ahead to 2019, make plans to join Mary Mary in the birthplace of the Christian faith-Israel! Alongside Erica and Tina, you'll walk in the footsteps of Jesus and the early disciples as you worship on the Sea of Ga...

(BPRW) The Balm In Gilead, Inc. Calls on People of all Faiths to Unite in Prayer, Education, Advocacy and Service for the 30th Annual National Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS

(Black PR Wire) Richmond, VA - The Balm In Gilead, one of the country’s pioneering organizations in leading a multi-faith community in the fight against HIV/AIDS, announces the 30th Annual National Week of Prayer for the Healing of AI...

How this Emerging Black Entrepreneur is Celebrating Black History through Coloring

During Black History Month, and all year long, our nation celebrates and recognizes the contributions by African American pioneers in U.S. History. Latoya Nicole, the owner of Entrepreneurs Color Too, an adult coloring book company highligh...

(BPRW) Majority of Primary Care Providers Recognize Importance of Family Caregivers in Patient Outcomes

(Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON—Primary care providers agree, almost unanimously, that family caregivers play a vital role in patient care and in better patient outcomes, according to a new survey by AARP Research. However, providers say t...

(BPRW) AARP Foundation Announces $1.2 Million in Grants to Help Victims of California Wildfires

(Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON—AARP Foundation today announced the grant recipients of its fundraising campaign for the victims of the California wildfires. With matching funds from AARP and AARP Foundation, the grants will provide $1.2 m...

(BPRW) Census Bureau to Host 2020 Census News Conference

(Black PR Wire) One year out from Census Day 2020, the U.S. Census Bureau will host a 2020 Census news conference on April 1, 2019. Census Bureau Director Dr. Steven Dillingham will brief the public on the status of operations and what they...

African American Churches Transforming Society (AACTS) holds SOS Conference

African American leaders are coming together from all walks of life at the Atlanta AACTS Conference, taking a stand on issues to improve and enhance our community. Morehouse School of Medicine partners with program and is participating in t...

(BPRW) ONYX MAGAZINE'S WOMEN ON THE MOVE AWARDS LUNCHEON HONORS 22 WOMEN OF COLOR

(Black PR Wire) ORLANDO, FL— ONYX Magazine’s fourth annual Women on the Move (WOTM), with Founding Partner Orlando Health and Presenting Sponsor Samuel B. Ings, Commissioner District 5, City of Orlando, will recognize some...

(BPRW) The Social Impact Showcase, a Section Dedicated To Socially Conscious Films, Launches at the 2019 American Black Film Festival

(Black PR Wire) Los Angeles, CA – The 23rd annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF), taking place in Miami June 12-16, launches the first Social Impact Showcase, a curated program dedicated to raising awareness of fi...

(BPRW) 2019 Bounce Trumpet Awards Seen by 1.8 Million Viewers

(Black PR Wire) ATLANTA, GA - The 2019 Bounce Trumpet Awards reached 1.8 Million Total Viewers and 1.4 Million Households across premiere and encore telecasts. The premiere telecast on Sunday night, Feb. 17 delivered 552K Total Viewe...

(BPRW) NABOB OPENS ITS “2019 WEBINAR LEARNING SERIES” … TO THE INDUSTRY

(Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON, DC - The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters Telecommunications Education and Management Foundation (NABOB) and Personal Selling Principles (PSP) are pleased to announce NABOB’s “2019 WEB...

(BPRW) East Coast Premiere of "Boss: The Black Experience in Business"

(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK, NY -- The little-known story of African American entrepreneurship from post enslavement and reconstruction to the present, where skill, industriousness, ingenuity and sheer courage in the face of overwhelming odds...

(BPRW) OPIOID LAWSUIT SEEKS RECOVERY OF FLINT, MICHIGAN, TAX DOLLARS, COMPENSATION FROM DRUG MANUFACTURERS

(Black PR Wire) FLINT, Mich. — The Beasley Allen Firm and The CK Hoffler Firm filed a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors on behalf of the City of Flint, Michigan, alleging the marketing of these drugs in Flint contr...

(BPRW) Use FL511 during spring break and all year-round

(Black PR Wire) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – As college students begin their annual trek to Florida for spring break, the Florida Department of Transportation’s (FDOT) Florida 511 (FL511) Advanced Traveler Information System (ATIS) can h...

(BPRW) DATARI TURNER PRODUCTIONS' SHOWTIME DOCUMENTARY "SHUT UP & DRIBBLE" NOMINATED FOR AN NAACP IMAGE AWARD

(Black PR Wire) Congratulations are in order to film and television producer Datari Turner, whose Showtime documentary Shut Up & Dribble -- which he serves as executive producer on with Lebron James' SpringHill Entertainment -...

(BPRW) National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porters Museum In Collaboration with the Chicago Federation of Labor Presents The 2019 Gentle Warrior Awards Gala Fundraiser

(Black PR Wire) CHICAGO, IL -- The National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum (NAPRPP) in collaboration with the Chicago Federation of Labor, Presents the 2019 A. Philip Randolph “Gentle Warrior Awards.” The gala and fund...

AA Inventor Patents Life Saving Fluid for Severe Blood Loss and Septic Shock

Vivacelle Bio, Inc. has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted it an Investigational New Drug (IND) clearance to proceed with its phase lla clinical trial of the safety and efficacy of VBI-1.